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TEED 5021 - Elementary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment - Winter, 2018

Math, Science, and Technology Strand

In this strand of TEED 5021 you will develop your ability to meet the needs of all learners in mathematics and science, using active and constructive pedagogy.

GENERAL RESOURCES FOR K-8 TEACHERS IN MATH AND SCIENCE:

Lesson Plan and Teacher Resource Sites

National Science Digital Library ( https://nsdl.oercommons.org/
This site, originally funded by the NSF, provides access to lesson ideas, resources and much more.

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Mpala Live - Watering Hole cam

PBS LearningMedia (http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Many, many free lesson plans, teacher guides and other resources, with a nice search feature that allows you to sort by grade level, subject, etc

The Smithsonian ( http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/ )

Lesson plans in many subject areas: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
and try the new Smithsonian Learning Lab: https://learninglab.si.edu/

OER Commons - Open Educational Resources ( https://www.oercommons.org/ )
"OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum."

Here is our FA 17 Class Grow Beasts spreadsheet:

Class GBs for FA 17(1)(3).xlsx

Specifically Science Resource Web Sites:

The San Francisco Exploratorium's Science Snacks
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snacksbysubject.html
This site gives access to dozens of well described and categorized activities you can use in your science curriculum.

Interactive Physics Demonstrations - http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations

Candy Experiments! http://www.candyexperiments.com/p/experiments.html

SciShow: A You Tube channel for science stuff - http://www.youtube.com/user/scishow?feature=watch

Veritasium – an element of truth – science videos on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium?feature=watch

Science Underground - 2 minute podcasts explaining things, from foam to lettuce.
http://scienceunderground.org/

Frontiers for Young Minds
http://www.kids.frontiersin.org/
This site provides "freely available scientific articles that are written by leading scientists and shaped for younger audiences by the input of their own peers."

Science Videos!
http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveSpanglerScience/videos

Supporting Engineering Design with Picture Books (free Lesson Plans!)
https://teachscience4all.wordpress.com/2015/09/04/introducing-engineering-design-with-picture-books/
Kirk Robbins **Science For All**l blog [September 4, 2015] "... picture books are a great way to introduce students (and adults) to Engineering Design in the Next Generation Science Standards. I picked a few of my favorite picture books, assigned each a grade level and created a lesson guide for teachers."

Lab Out Loud
http://laboutloud.com/
This is a podcast, hosted by two science teachers, that discusses science news and science education.

K-12 Science Sites by Gina Otto
An amazingly long and endlessly entertaining list of science-related Web sites

The Thinking Fountain!
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/

GEMS (Great Explorations in Math and Science)
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/GEMS/

AIMS Education Foundation
http://www.aimsedu.org/

The Franklin Institute Science Museum
http://www.fi.edu/learn/

Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

The Volcano World Home Page
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/

Water Science for Schools
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/index.html

Ideas for teaching science p - 8, from Deakin University
(Use the links on the right side of the page.)
http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/education/sci-enviro-ed/early-years/

Home Experiments from SciFun.org
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/HOMEEXPTS.HTML

KindergartenLesson.com > Science
http://www.kindergarten-lessons.com/science-lessons.html

GEMS (Great Explorations in Math and Science)
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/GEMS/

AIMS Education Foundation
http://www.aimsedu.org/

Specifically Math Resource Web Sites:

Desmos ( https://www.desmos.com/ )
"Graph functions, plot data, evaluate equations, explore transformations, and much more – for free!"

youcubed ( https://www.youcubed.org/ ), from Stanford University and Jo Boaler.
Loads of good and free stuff here for k-8 math teachers and students. I recommend starting with the Menu item, "Ideas and Tasks." And take a look at "Fluency Without Fear."

Marilyn Burns Math Blog ( http://marilynburnsmathblog.com/wordpress/ )
Generally excellent and very useful mathematics teaching and learning ideas from the author of our textbook.

Open Middle (http://www.openmiddle.com/) "Challenging math problems worth solving" (Grades K - high school)
The problem with an "open middle" has a clear starting point and generally one right answer but that middle part is open...

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (http://nlvm.usu.edu/ )
Here is an excellent repository of on-line applications to assist teachers & students dealing with a wide variety of math concepts and skills.

NCTM > Illuminations > Lesson Plans
More free lesson plans from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Inside Mathematics (http://www.insidemathematics.org/)
This is a limited but high-quality set of up-to-date resources for grades K-8. Check out the "Problems of the Month."

MathLanding (http://www.mathlanding.org/)
This is a nicely organized and searchable launch pad linking the user to other Web resources.

K-12 Math Sites by Gina Otto
That Gina... another long list of Web sites for math

Shodor (http://www.shodor.org)
⇨ Activities & Lessons (http://www.shodor.org/activities/ )
⇨ Interactivate (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/ )
⇨ Explore! (e.g., “Activities” => “Function Machine”)
Here is the Stem & leaf Plotter:
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/StemAndLeafPlotter/

IXL (http://www.ixl.com/)
Practice and more practice with math facts, skills and concepts

Common Core Math resources arranged by grade level and standard:
http://ccssmath.org/ (Go there and click the Resources tab.) [sad NOTE: As of 17 Jan 2017, this site appears not. It's gone :-( ]

Math Cats (http://www.mathcats.com)
A very imaginative and creative approach to k-6 math.

Math Nexus (http://mathnexus.wwu.edu/)
a collection of math resources for teachers and students produced by Dr. Johnson at Western Washington University.

Dan Meyers Blog - "dy/dan - less helpful" ( http://blog.mrmeyer.com/ )
Here is the blog of Dan Meyers. If there is a rock star of math teaching, Dan is it.

Monkey Bar Math ( http://www.monkeybarmath.com/ )

Professional Organizations for Math and Science Educators:

NCTM (http://www.nctm.org/)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
This is a national organization of, by and for mathematics teachers, K-12.
Click on the “Classroom Resources” tab
Then click on “Illuminations and More ...” then on "Illuminations." (http://illuminations.nctm.org/ )
In the blue title bar you'll see links to "Lessons" and "Interactives." Try the search utility over on the right side of the screen.

NSTA (http://www.nsta.org/ )
National Science Teachers Association
This is a national organization of, by and for science teachers, K-12.
Explore the site. There are some resources available without membership, e.g., “Science Teachers’ Grab Bag.”
(http://www.nsta.org/publications/grabbag.aspx )

WSMC (http://www.wsmc.net/)
Washington State Mathematics Council
This is our state's organization supporting math teachers, K-12.

WSTA (http://www.wsta.net)
Washington Science Teachers Association
This is our state's organization supporting science teachers, K-12.

Upcoming (or recent-ish) Area Conferences

56th NW Math Conference was in Portland, OR. October 12-14, 2017
(http://www.northwestmathconf.org/NWMC2017/ )

WSTA (Washington Science Teachers Association) will be in in Bellingham, WA. October 19, 20, and 21, 2018.
https://wsta.wildapricot.org/
http://www.wsta.net/

NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) Area Conference will be in Reno, NV - October 11-13, 2018 (http://www.nsta.org/conferences/area1.aspx )
and their national conference will be in Atlanta, March 15-18, 2018. ( http://www.nsta.org/conferences/national.aspx ).

NCCE (Northwest Council for Computer Education) will be in Seattle - February 14-16, 2018
http://ncce.org/conference2018/

Resources & References

Common Core State Standards ( http://www.corestandards.org/ )
Mathematics and Language Arts standards may be downloaded from this site.

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are here!

The standards may be explored at this site.
( http://www.nextgenscience.org/ )

"For Teachers" - resources to support teaching with the Next Generation Science Standards
http://www.nextgenscience.org/teachers

Here is a nice set of NGSS posters from Project Neuron at the University of Illinois

And here is a link to the "Framework" document that was the basis for the development of the Next Generation Science Standards.

Here is an article that provides recommendations for and links to "11 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom."
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/11-virtual-tools-math-classroom-monica-burns

Donors Choose is a site that provides a way for teachers to request $ for their classroom projects:
http://www.donorschoose.org/

Here is a link to a Pinterest page with a host of resources related to the implementation of the Common Core State Standards
http://pinterest.com/ariascec/common-core-state-standards/

The Handbook of Mathematical Discourse by Dr. Charles Wells Case Western Reserve University

http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/math/wells/pub/abouthbk.html.
This resource is available as a book, and interactive Web site and as a FREE pdf. (4.1 MB)
It is primarily a means for you to develop your understanding of terms used in mathematics. IT IS ALSO A GREAT SOURCE OF CITATIONS.

• Here's something to consider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9bqIYbDuns
It's a PBS Nova documentary titled, "TOP Secret Things about Mathematics you didn't Know."

• Here's a TED Talk by Conrad Wolfram in which he argues that we need to quite substantially revise what we do in mathematics education in light of the possibilities offered by computers. Make of it what you will.
http://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers.html

• Here's another TED Talk. This one is by Dan Meyer, rockstar math teacher, who tells us that "Math Class Needs a Makeover.:
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html

Just Fun Stuff
	M&Ms dissolving beautifully ( https://vimeo.com/195613867 )	Mudskipper's high jumps - Nature's Greatest Dancers: Episode 1 Preview - BBC One

		Batteries form Pennies - more interesting than you'd expect! (Watch it all the way through - it gets better as you go along. Think about the "E" in STEM...)

	NASA Johnson Style	The Backward Bike - Knowledge vs. Understanding

ExploreCam!!
http://explore.org/live-cams/player/orcalab-base

Mole Day is October 23rd.

It starts at 6:02AM and ends at 6:20PM. :-) (http://www.moleday.org/)
And here is Martyn Poliakoff talking about Avagadro's number (6.02 x 1023 )

Fun Fact: Near the end of the video (~7:40) Martyn talks about the concept of a "mole" and shows us a home-made mole
made by a student, Melinda, who was, at the time, in Honors Chemistry at Blanchet HS in Seattle!
(She was also my daughter - and still is!)

And here is the FABULOUS "Factor Conga!"
This is a screen shot of "72," from the animation found here:
http://www.datapointed.net/visualizations/math/factorization/animated-diagrams/

Can you see that 72=2x2x2x3x3?